LARGE MEXICAN ROUGH SPECIMEN 41.00 CTS [VD205 ]

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THIS SITE SPECIALIZES IN EHTIOPIAN AND AMERICAN OPALS

FORMED BY VOLCANIC ACTION.

MEXICAN ROUGH OPAL

THIS ROUGH WAS MINED AT MAGDALENA JALISCO MEXICO WHICH IS KNOWN FOR ITS TOP FIRE OPAL.. WE HAVE TAKEN THE PHOTOS WITH THE SPECIMEN BEING WET TO SHOW THE COLOURS. AS WITH ALL OUR STOCK YOU MAY RETURN IT FOR A FULL REFUND PROVIDED IT HAS NOT BEEN RUBBED OR SNIPPED IN ANY WAY. SHOWING CONTRA LUZ FIRE.THIS CAN BE CUT OR YOU CAN KEEP IT AS A SPECIMEN-I THINK IF YOU LEAVE IT AS A SPECIMEN AND JUST POLISH THE OPAL IT WOULD GREAT.

NATURAL UNTREATED

SIZE 23 X 23 X 14 MM APP

WEIGHT 41.00 CTS APP

iN 1957, Alfonso Ramirez (of Querétaro) accidentally discovered the first opal mine in Jalisco - La Unica, located on the outer area of the volcano of Tequila, near the Huitzicilapan farm in Magdalena. By 1960 there were around 500 known opal mines in this region alone.